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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2011
Hiroaki Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Isamu Mitsuke, Kanagawa, JP;
Takahiro Hirakawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Saori Iura, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuuichi Yoshida, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuyuki Iwata, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomoyuki Takahira, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroaki Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Isamu Mitsuke, Kanagawa, JP;
Takahiro Hirakawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Saori Iura, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuuichi Yoshida, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuyuki Iwata, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomoyuki Takahira, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a printer engine, a storage unit, a print data interpreting unit, and a print control unit. The print data interpreting unit interprets print data and identifies both a first job type and a second job type. The first job type specifies any one of a special print job using special toner and a normal job using normal toner, and the second job type specifies a print function to be used. The print control unit makes a decision to permit or prohibit accumulation of print data in view of security based on the first job type and the second job type, accumulates the print data in the storage unit when the decision to permit the accumulation of the print data is made, and prohibits the accumulation of the print data when the decision to prohibits the accumulation of the print data is made.